2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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Peter Ian Staker wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 17:45
matt_b wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 17:41
Some of you lot are terrified of Mercedes being fast its quite amusing meanwhile real racing fans are excited about potentially seeing an actual race at the front for the first time in 2 years
You have 24 more hours of potential excitement before qualy washed all of it away.
It was you who brought this up :wink:

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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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AR3-GP wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 17:54
Merc and Ferrari starting to suffer on these long runs. Dropping over half a second in S2.
Max will win at a canter IMO. He has 0 degradation. Hamilton's softs are cooked after 8 laps, RUS is now >0.5s/lap slower.

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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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Considering that Verstappen is not satisfied with the setup, and still doing the fastest race sim laps, it's safe to assume, that once Red Bull finds the right setup, Verstappen will be comfortably ahead of everyone.

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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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If Piastri’s pace is anything to go by, Mclaren is ahead of both Ferrari and Merc on long runs.
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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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Yeah looking like the Mercs have got a car that can somewhat hang on to the coattails of the RB but melts its tyres. Think Max can be calm knowing he is favourite for Saturday.

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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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SkySports need new underwear because of the Merc times.
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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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mkay wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 17:55
AR3-GP wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 17:54
Merc and Ferrari starting to suffer on these long runs. Dropping over half a second in S2.
Max will win at a canter IMO. He has 0 degradation. Hamilton's softs are cooked after 8 laps, RUS is now >0.5s/lap slower.
is this a race tire at all, though? Most cars will mainly be on hards, I think, so deg should make less of a difference.

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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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HAM just did a 1.37.4 on the last lap of his stint.

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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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Yeah, I’m waiting for the “Hamilton starting to regret going to Ferrari” news articles

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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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Hamilton just did a 1:37:4 on his 12th lap, commentators suggested he was doing some cool down laps when he dipped into the low 39's

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Luscion wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 18:02
Hamilton just did a 1:37:4 on his 12th lap, commentators suggested he was doing some cool down laps when he dipped into the low 39's
Crofty said 12, but I thought the graphic was indicating 15.

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zibby43 wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 18:01
HAM just did a 1.37.4 on the last lap of his stint.
And Russell just did a 1.37.3 on his last lap (12 laps in). Mercs don't seem to be the tire munchers that initially was feared.

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zibby43 wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 18:03
Luscion wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 18:02
Hamilton just did a 1:37:4 on his 12th lap, commentators suggested he was doing some cool down laps when he dipped into the low 39's
Crofty said 12, but I thought the graphic was indicating 15.
Might have been his 15th lap, just going off what crofty said

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Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

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So it's more or less clear on long runs.
1. Red Bull
2. Mercedes
3. Ferrari
4. McLaren/Aston
6. Haas
7. RB
8. Williams
9. Sauber
10. Alpine

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vanburin wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 18:04
zibby43 wrote:
29 Feb 2024, 18:01
HAM just did a 1.37.4 on the last lap of his stint.
And Russell just did a 1.37.3 on his last lap (12 laps in). Mercs don't seem to be the tire munchers that initially was feared.
That's still 5-7 tenths slower than what Max achieved at the same time in their stint.

Even if Max starts P3-P4, he's easily going to win.